Movie
1980
The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor, is the true story of Operation Creek during the Second World War. In the covert mission, the Calcutta Light Horse, part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army, successfully sank a German merchant ship in Mormugão Harbour in neutral Portugal's…
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Operation Creek, one of the more unusual episodes of Second World War, was kept secret by the British government for quarter of century. When the secrecy officially ended, it opened opportunity for production *The Sea Wolves*, 1980 action film which is nowadays seen as something like swan song of WW2 action films. The plot, based on the book by James Leesor, begins in late 1942 when German submarines wreak havoc on…More
